Duchesse of York visits and court news from London
Yesterday the Duchess of York visited Buckingham and Gloucester Houses and met the royal family, with notes on her conduct and plans. Reports cover stock market, a Court martial, upcoming theatre changes, and a bold robbery in George Yard Whitechapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
York House
Ann Fitzroy
Buckingham House
Gloucester House
Prince William
Princess Sophia
Cumberland House
Duchess of Cumberland
Mrr. Pret
Downing-street
Ropsrr Smits
Hertfordshire
Cambridge
Earl of Cuatnam
Chevely- Hall
Newmarket
Earl and Countess of Duatham
Court of King’s Bench
Lord Kenyon
Madras
Pondicherry
Secretary of State
Lady Duncannon
Duchess of Devonshire
France
Covent Garden Theatre
Ruffel Street
Shakespeare Tavern
Yorx House
Caesar
Rowan
Betty Tolle
Grecorre
San Domingo
Vienna
Lowpown
Kive
Old Bailey
David White
Peter Berry
Ph KineVland
Fob Fells
Anddrew Knox
Harrsiv
Colman Lowe
Williem Waleer
Guards
Mr.Nares
St. James's Palace
Wilhem ’Sunfo
Broker’s Alley
Drury-lane
Newgate
George Yard
Whitechapel
Wrest House and Gardens Improve with Charity
In Sizsop Bedfordshire, Wrest House hosts Lady Grey and her daughters at the ancient manor. They replace old casements with crown glass and enlarge the Kitchen Garden to four acres amid vast rebuilding. About one hundred men labor daily on these projects while benevolence aids orphans, widows, and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sizsop
Bedfordhire
Lady Grey
Graytham
Potworth
Duke of Kent, OS
Wrest House
Brussels Dispatches Threats and Mediation Talks in Belgium
Reports from Brussels on possible confinement of obstinate deputies in Antwerp Citadel or Ja Treuremberg prison. States offer to refer the dispute to arbitrators with full powers, but royal highnesses reject. Threats to seek mediating powers at the Hapire convention. Wissembourg letters say frontier attack imminent. patrols set every one to two leagues. Colonel Lunden discharged. French emigrants ordered to Coblentz with haste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Ja Treuremberg
Wifsembourg
Lunden
M.D’ Artois
Coblentz
Parisian Fashion and Military Extraits From Worms to Coblenz
Extrasts from letters describe ladies in blue silk gowns and white taffeta fashion with rose ribbons and gold accents. The piece then shifts to military details: 1400 body guards, gendarmerie, mi litary corps in Auvergne and other provinces, emigrants with tents and arms, and plans for invasions and insurrections. Included are notes on officers, recruitment, and intentions to march into France from multiple points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worms
Coblentz
Seo
Corps of
Grey and
Black Musqueteers
Auvergne
Dauphiny
Forez
Brittany
Normandy
Picardy
Lorraine
Burgundy
Poitou
Roussillon
Provence
Languedoc
Corsica
Knights of
Flibustiers
King’s Guards
Flanders
Ise Corps Des Pages
Hussars
Siradeau
Cardinal de Rohan
Sweden
France
Spain
Hynxy
Fashionable colors and hats stir speculation in society
A gloomy discourse on emerging fashion names high cocked triangular hats and new colors like York Frame and So The Maiden's Blurb. It notes merchants scrutiny over fabric costs, a Covent Garden meeting with patterns, and royal inquisitiveness about per yard pricing. The piece also recounts a robbery near Blackheath as a reminder of danger. It ends with a rough census of Europe under various governments and the spread of arbitrary rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covent Garden
Samways
Sullivan East Indiaman
Blackheath
Europe
France
Poland
Britain
Ireland
Holland
Geneva
Switzerland
Dey of Algiers Declares War Sweden Forces Exile
The Dey of Algiers has declared war on Sweden causing the Swedish envoy with his family to flee their residence. He arrived on the 25th aboard a Dutch man of war seeking asylum and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Sweden
Sxredi
Warsaw议会未决有关 Sta roifies 之处置
9 章业务经久辩论后尚未定案，交付宪法委员会。此前10月21日与24日的议决要求国王之军官如雷舍维茨伯爵、波托基公爵等回国，并在三个月内宣誓，否则丧失职务并以违背法令对待。
Insurrection Near End Says Naxtes Letters
Letters from Sax Damty report the insurrection near ending with promises of general pardon if leaders were surrendered. About 15090 of the rebels are said killed and around 400 Whites. Some artillery in rebel hands was recovered, claimed to have won the Aros of Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naxtes
Sax Damty
Aros
Spain
Nineteenth Century Verses on Love and Wit Sans Title
Fragmented lines from late 18th or early 19th century poems and plays feature stagey couplets and quips by fictional speakers such as Lapy Deray Duke of Queensaury and Mr Coxe. The text toolfully parodies wit about marriage wealth and power, ending with a note that biographers of Dr Johnson say more words may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Public debate on Newmarket business and a street assault
The article reports ongoing public interest in the Newmarket affair with the first report being contested and no formal investigation yet. It recounts a violent cart incident near Lea-bridge turnpike injuring Aldermanbury resident Mr Thorne, with attackers fleeing. It also mentions precedents of fear and superstition, referencing witch searches and a dog poisoning inquiry to contrast modern enlightenment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newmarket
Efrare
Mr. Thorne
Addlestreet
Aldermanbury
Sewardstone
Essex
Lea-bridge Turnpike
Hackney Turnpike
Lancashire
James J
Chesfire
Shroupshire
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Warsaw
Otober
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Potocki
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Marquis of
Blanprorp
Baiks of the Jordan
Clarence
Duke of
Beau
Lorp Courtney
the Revolution Society
Thomas
Sir Joux Lane
Leryn Barrymore
Jolly Bacchus
Hark
Mr. Coxe
Norroiz
W. Lewis
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